1)?
Many a times what you despise can actually become a blessing in disguise in life. For me, it certainly is the case now.
As I started my own sports coaching setup and a sports management company in 2018, I had every intention of resigning from work by 2020. I had time till 1st August 2020 to decide on that. I thought of showing my back to my workplace for good once my period of ‘Leave Without Pay’ (LWP) ended. I had never really liked doing a typical 9-5 job to be honest. I felt stuck there, it was depressing for me to think about ‘wasting’ my entire life in doing something that I don’t like.
I was just so ready to leave the job as my new venture was going quite good until March 2020. That was the ‘old normal’ back then. I even contemplated putting in my resignation papers earlier than the end of my leave period. But luckily, I decided on waiting until the last day of LWP to do that.
Now, we all know what happened to the world and of course India since then. And, l’m not the only one who lost business during this time. Many people did.
So, guess what I did now! I joined back. I believe that I’m lucky to have the job right now. Even though I intend to start my own things very soon, for now it’s all about holding on to what you have for security.
This is what life is all about, it’s the beauty of uncertainty. What you don’t care about now can very well be your life saver down the line.
Life is a roller coaster ride indeed.
P.S. – Deep down I know that this is the best time to rediscover myself in a completely new way. I would definitely do it and I believe I have but then as a family man I also have a certain degree of responsibility that I can’t ignore now.
2)?
Have you ever been in a place where you feel like you don’t belong? Well, I’m sure many if not all of you have been in that situation.
I’m in that situation now. I see so many people in front of me at work. They’re all good. Absolutely no problem with them at all but somehow it brings a feeling like I don’t belong where I’m currently working.
This is the exact job that I intended to leave for good a couple of years back. But somehow I’m back again. Now, I know that I should be considering myself lucky just to have a job right now. And, I truly am to be honest. But that somehow doesn’t stop the feeling, does it?
Well, life is a series of challenges with various degrees of it. Some would give anything to just have a job now while some(I mean, me in this case)are cribbing about a lack of sense of belonging.
This variety of levels, emotions, degrees, this variety of difference with it’s unique sense of pains and pleasures is what life is all about. This is perfection. We need to live and be in every moment to truly relish it. But the irony is that our entire life is usually dependent on a futuristic gamble called ‘hope’.
☺️HE/SHE/IT is so mischievous! Perfect indeed in every sense. There’s no loophole at all.
Om Shanti..?